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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Vermetidae

Petaloconchus mcgintyi (Olsson & Harbison, 1953)


Range: 26.6°N to 8°S; 87°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 2 to 61 m (live 3 to 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35  mm

Synonymy

Lemintina mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953
Aletes mcgintyi (Olsson & Harbison, 1953) 
Petaloconchus macgintyi Ortiz-Corps, 1985

Details


Lemintina ? mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953, p. 305, pl. 46, fig. 5-5a
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Recent, off Palm Beach, Florida, 200 ft.
Range: 26.6°N to 8°S; 87°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 2 to 61 m (live 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Panama, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Puerto Rico: Vieques; Guyana, Brazil: Pernambuco
References: Olsson & Harbison (1953) DN; Sarasúa (1970); Princz (1977); Princz (1982a); Mello & Perrier (1986) dSE
Combining Genera:  Aletes

Petaloconchus erectus macgintyi Ortiz-Corps, 1985, p. 56
[Synonym]
Comments: Unjustified emendation of mcgintyi.


Partial List of References

Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8 vii + 459, 65 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1953.]
Ortiz-Corps, E. 1985. Memorias del Quinto Simposio de la Fauna de Puerto Rico y el Caribe  ii + 220 pp. [Stated date: 30 Sep 1983; true date: 1985?]

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